A noblewoman of Japan, she was a Dominican tertiary. Arrested for sheltering missionaries, she was burned alive at Nagasaki in 1620. She was beatified by Pio Nono in 1867.
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Mary Magdalen Kiota
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.